Recently I learned that my great great grandfather, Henry William Meyer (b. 1827), came from Hannover.
He had 3 children born in Germany according to the U.S. 1870 Census-- Charlote (b. 1851), Caroline (b. 1853), and Fred (b. 1854). His next child, also born in 1854, was born in the U.S. so I am assuming that he immigrated that year. His wife's name was Mary. I am quite sure that this family was evangelical Lutheran. I would greatly appreciate any help in trying to find birth or marriage records of this family. I do not know German, but my husband is able to do a little translating for me. Thanks for any help you can give.
Ginny in Arizona
Dear Ginny,
to search for Heinrich (Henry) Meyer (or Meier?) from Hanover is like searching for John Smith in New York. There are too much! You have to find out whether he was from the town of Hanover or from the kingdom of Hanover. The webpage www.castlegarden.org could help. As you will see you will find 26 Heinrich Meyer emigrated between 1853 and 1855. Several from kingdom of Hanover, several about 27 years old. I haven't tried Heinrich Meier ...
Good luck with your further research and kindly regards from Langenhagen near Hanover,
Bj�rn